Singer Songwriter from Coeur d'Alene Idaho A Beautiful Latin Vocal Duo Interesting Global Groove From Vancouver, BC British Rock from Portsmouth - Western Skies by the Pretty Visitors This week's Jazz pick SAVE YOUR LOVE FOR ME by Алексей Бояринцев
A 5 Minute Introduction – Improvising Over Major 7th Chords
The major seventh chord is a basic building block in many pop and jazz compositions. I found this quick and concise article to get you started. How to improvise Over Major 7th Chords And a very simple backing track. C Major7th One Chord Vamp practice loop If you are just starting out with improvisation DON'T... Continue Reading →
New Release – Hope Clearlight – Blue Afternoon
A moody instrumental delight for a grey day.
This Week Music From Singapore, Barcelona, & Paris
Great Jazz from Barcelona, Spain Singer Songwriter from Singapore - Too Fast To Last Up Beat Electronic Music - Challenges by alihoo Da Blues from Paris France
Interesting Video on Writing Melodies
Stuck writing melodies ? this video can can you started right now !
Germany, Greece, Malaysia…
Jazz - One I was involved with, Pianist from South Africa, Guitarist from Duncan BC Jazz cover of 7 Nation Army from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Electronic Music from Essen, Germany Guy and Guitar from Drama, Greece
MIDI – Three Handy Charts
I am just getting started with MIDI instruments, and I have found these three tables to be very helpful.
World Home Recordings – This Week’s Picks
A short cover of the beautiful korean folk song “arirang” (아리랑) Blues from Hazelbrook NSW , Australia Easy going instrumental rock from Melbourne VIC, Australia A good old jazz standard form Tartu, Estonia A beautiful classical piece for trombone and piano.
Backing Track for Afro Blue
This backing track of "Afro Blue" was created using Bandlab MIDI Instruments and loops. It's relatively simple chord pattern makes it a good improvisation piece for beginners or an excellent template for experienced players to experiment with alternate scales and modes. ArrangementBar 2 Intro & HeadBar 43 First SoloBar 83 Second soloBar 131 Head out... Continue Reading →
A Bite-Sized Introduction to Polyrhythms Part 1 – The Magic of the Hemiola
Lately I have been looking into alternate rhythmic ideas for music composition and have started what seems like it will be a very long journey to discover polyrhythms. Polyrhythms are found in all kinds of traditional "non european" music as well as Jazz and modern pop. From what I can sort out , they basically... Continue Reading →
